Tuesday, September 8, 2015

Mechants House Museum Fall 2015 Events


Fall Calendar

Visit www.merchantshouse.org/calendar for tickets and more information.



September

Summer Day Dress 2015Saturday, September 12, 3 p.m.
Exhibition Talk with Textile Conservator Pamela Long
Tredwell Costume Collection/One-piece Summer Day Dress, ca. 1858
On display through Friday, September 25.


Exhibition through Monday, October 5
Lessons Learned: The Tredwell Daughters’ Schoolbooks
On display from the collection, rarely exhibited notebooks and schoolbooks.

Wednesday, September 167 to 9:30 p.m.
1832 Society Benefit: 5th Annual Cocktails in the Garden
Host Sponsor Studio Sofield

The Younger Members of the Merchant’s House Museum (40 and under) invite you to an early fall evening of cocktails, hors d’oeuvres, and music in our 19th century garden.
 
Monday, September 21, 10 a.m. & 12 p.m. 
A Walking Tour of the Noho Historic District SOLD OUT!
Co-sponsored by the Greenwich Village Society for Historic Preservation

openmic 2Thursday, September 24, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.
Open Mic Nite in the Garden II




Friday, September 25, 6:30 p.m.
Candlelight Ghost Tour of “Manhattan’s Most Haunted House” (The New York Times)

Sunday, September 27, 12:30 p.m.
Special Walking Tour: 19th Century Landmark Treasures of Noho
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the passing of the Landmarks law in NYC in 1965.


"Spirited" October

Visit www.merchantshouse.org/october2015 for more information.

Hirshorn-coffinThursday, October 8 – Monday, November 2
Exhibition – “Truly We Live in a Dying World:” A 19th Century Home in Mourning

Tuesday, October 13, 6:30 p.m.
llustrated Talk: “Of All Nights in the Year:” The Secret & the Sacred in a 19th Century Hallowe’en

Friday, October 16, 7 p.m.
Chant Macabre: Songs from the Crypt

October 23 & 24October 28, 29 & 30
Candlelight Ghost Tours 
50-minute tours begin every half hour from 6:30 to 9:30 p.m.


Sunday, October 254 to 5:30 p.m.
From Parlor to Grave: 1865 Funeral Reenactment and Graveyard Procession

Saturday, October 31, 7 p.m.
Tales from the Crypt: Horror on Hallowe’en


gaseliers1Sunday, November 8, 12:30 p.m.
Special Walking Tour: 19th Century Landmark Treasures of Noho (Second Sunday of the Month)
Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the passing of the Landmarks law in NYC in 1965.

Thursday, November 12, 6:30 p.m.
Illustrated Lecture: Conserving the Merchant’s House Gas Chandeliers

Sunday, November 15, 11 a.m.
A Walking Tour of Historic 19th Century Noho (Third Sunday of the Month)


Merchants House Museum 

29 East Fourth Street, NYC 10003
212-777-1089  
nyc1832@merchantshouse.org

“… without a doubt the most important historic house in this city,
and unfortunately, now probably the most endangered.”

Building construction next door threatens the structural integrity of the Merchant’s House.  Learn more.

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